Drug Reduces Heart Attack, Death Rates In Patients With Unstable Angina
...arin. The report saidpatients were followed for 30 days after treatment to assess the drug'slong-term effect. The results showed that patients tolerated the drug as well as aspirinor heparin, with similar side effects. All three drugs increase the risk ofbleeding because they lower the platelet co...Researchers Begin Drug Trial In Hope Of Finding New Ways To Treat Acute Kidney Failure
...with acute kidney failure, which can strike within days or even hours. "This new procedure measures kidney function in 45 minutes and allowsthe patient to receive results within one or two hours," Star said. Researchers collaborating with Star on the alpha-MSH trial from UTSouthwest...University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researchers Awarded Grant To Fight Leukemia Recurrence
...osure totoxic compounds and decrease the number of days that they're sick. "Ever since doctors began treating cancer, there's been a basic strategy -that's giving people a very toxic drug that's more toxic to cancer cells thannormal cells," Jordan said. "They are absolutely married to the fact thatthey'r......o October 1995. Pregnancies normally lastabout 270 days or 38.5 weeks. Researchers also asked the ... when there isuncertainty about the prognosis, two days of treatment is ethically acceptableto try to get more certain of a baby's chance of surviving to le...University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
...st didn't get through our homecoming parade. A few days later I went to the hospital, and they put me right in intensive care. It was pretty scary." Atrial flutter is one of several different heart arrhythmias. By some estimates, it accounts for 5 percent of all emergency room visits. While not usually ...... the practicing groupspends 30 minutes daily, five days a week, on the trainer. In week four, allof the residents are post-tested on the five skills. Finally, a facultymember who isn't told which students had intense laparoscopic skillstraining and which did not, observes the residents as they perform sur...Changes In Care Lower Costs Of Surgery To Prevent Stroke
...tal admittance to surgery decreased from about two days to one day, and thetime from surgery to discharge shortened from about five days to three days.Co-authors are B. Bowyer, R.N.; D. Dowed, M.D.; R. Maggisano, M.D.; P. Oh, M.D.;and J....Exercise Can Help To Exorcise Stroke Risk
...ek -- the equivalent of a one-hour briskwalk, five days a week -- had a 46 percent lower risk of stroke th...uivalent of walking briskly 30 minutes a day, five days a week -- hadabout a 24 percent reduction in stroke risk. "Not only did we find that physical activ......eveloped because of the stigma of AIDS in theearly days of the epidemic and concerns that there would be b...gerthan for those in the confidential group (1,247 days vs. 718 days). The period of HIV-related medical care between time of HIV-positivediagnosis...Encapsulating Insulin-Producing Cells For Possible Diabetes Therapy
... of experimental diabetic rats for aslong as eight days after transplanting such insulin-secreting microca...far, highblood sugar levels were reduced for eight days in one rat, but have not droppedto normal. "We have been able to do a transplant and ...Cedars-Sinai Surgeons Present TeleSurgery
...nd up having quite a bit of pain, spending several days in thehospital," said Dr. Fontana. "In contrast, t... is performed the traditional way, compared to 3.9 days forthose done using the scope and small incisions. The conference will take place at ESI, EndoSurge......ospital, conventionally treated patients spent 3.8 days in the hospital;perfusion imaging guided patients spent 1.4 days in hospital. Eisenstein pointed out that this strategy is not appropriate for allhospitals. ...Drip And Ship: Start Drug Early, Especially If Plan To Transfer Heart Patient To Larger Hospital
...is infused continually in patients for a number of days untilthe threat of blockage diminishes. According to Greenbaum, the drug is easy toadminister, which could make it more attractive to smaller hospitals that maynot have much experience with this class of drug for heart patients. "For large h...Mechanism By Which Estradiol Protects Women From Heart Disease Suggested By Emory Team
...diol: younger and older women, women at different days of the menstrual cycle, and women hyperstimulated withestradiol during in vitro fertilization. "Our results showed that estradiol at physiologic concentrations had no effecton oxidation, and LDL isolated from these subjects did not differ in itsoxid...Hospital Stays Longer Than Three Days For 'Simple' Heart Attacks May Not Be Cost Effective
... Center have found thathospital stays beyond three days for people being treated for uncomplicatedheart at...2 million. Previous studies atDuke have shown that days four through six of a typical hospital stay could becut without compromising patient care. ......nd returned to their normalactivities faster (1.75 days faster, p=0.023). These findings were strongly ref...ose in the European trial,including health status, days incapacitated, and time taken to return to normalactivities. In patients with confirmed influenza i...Discovery: Experiments Confirm Novel Eye Pigment Controls Circadian Rhythm
... treadmills and resting during simulated nightsand days showed mutants to have abnormal response to light and abnormally longdaily cycles lasting about an hour longer - 25 hours -- than they should. "We are extremely excited about this fundamental discovery because itappears to be so central to ...